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The most telling part of Wednesday's Senate hearing about guns came at the start, in an exchange between Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy and Wayne LaPierre, the head of the National Rifle Association. Leahy wanted to know whether LaPierre would agree to an expansion of the current federal background check system to include gun purchases at gun shows from non-licensed dealers. LaPierre did appear to not want to answer the question. Here is the transcript:
LEAHY: Do you still, as you did in 1999, still support mandatory background checks at gun shows? Yes or no?
LAPIERRE: We supported the National Instant Check System on dealers. I — we were here when Senator Birch Bayh, one of your colleagues, held the hearings in terms of who would be a dealer and who would be required to have a license. If you did it for livelihood and profit, yes. If you were a hobbyist, then no.
LEAHY: Let's make — let's make it easier, though. I'm talking about gun shows. Should we have mandatory background checks at gun shows for sales of weapons?
LAPIERRE: If you're a dealer, that's already the law. If you're talking…
LEAHY: That's not my question. Please, Mr. LaPierre, I'm not trying to play games here. But, if you could, just answer my question.
LAPIERRE: Senator, I do not believe the way the law is working now, unfortunately, that it does any good to extend the law to private sales between hobbyists and collectors.
LEAHY: OK, so you do not support mandatory background checks in all instances at gun shows?
LAPIERRE: We do not, because the fact is, the law right now is a failure the way it's working. The fact is, you have 76,000-some people that have been denied under the present law. Only 44 were prosecuted. You're letting them go. They're walking the streets.
Read the exchange again. When LaPierre eventually gets to the point of answering the question, after three attempts by Leahy, the head of the NRA has changed the subject. Instead of talking about non-dealer gun show sales, he starts talking about the failure of the federal government to prosecute criminals after they have been denied an opportunity to purchase a gun. Because of this, he says, the background system of dealers, which he still supports, failing, and therefore should not be extended. The argument is not entirely logical. (He admits the dealer checks are effective in preventing gun sales, even if criminals are not prosecuted for their attempts.) But it is textbook LaPierre.
And there is a good reason. As it now stands, the most likely new gun control legislation to pass Congress in the coming years would be an extension of the background check system to include gun show purchases from non-dealers, a relatively small category of gun sales. Many moderate Democrats support it, significant percentages of his own membership support it, and members of the NRA's board of directors are willing to entertain the idea. "That at least is conceptually possible," NRA President David Keene, who sat behind LaPierre at the hearing, told me just a few weeks ago, after mentioning one way of facilitating those checks by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. "The ATF could have a booth there," Keene told me about gun shows, explaining that non-dealers would just approach the booth to run a check on purchasers before a sale was completed.
More recently, Keene has backed away from that position. At a breakfast with reporters on Thursday, Keene also sidestepped questions about closing the loophole, whatever the true size, by arguing that the system was flawed—so there's no point in expanding its jurisdiction. Keene said that the NRA does support expansion of the background check system in one area: to include those people who have been deemed dangerous due to mental health problems. He said that firearms aren't "the root cause" of the gun violence problem: America's flawed mental health system is. That pivot toward the discussion of mental health issues was a move pundits expected in the immediate aftermath of the Newtown, Conn., shooting that left 26 dead.
Before Congress Wednesday, LaPierre was not willing to give ground. His response is part of two-part larger strategy that the NRA has employed for nearly a decade: Cast all increased regulation of guns as a step on the slippery slope to the Second Amendment Armageddon, and attempt as much as possible to elevate the cultural and emotional issues at the heart of the gun control debate.
It has mostly been working, even as public concern over guns has been growing. As political sport, the debate over guns in recent months has been wonderful to watch. The NRA has poked and prodded at all the emotional buttons in this debate, outraging liberals, encouraging talk radio hosts, swelling its own membership and refocusing the debate on the terrain where they have the most power: The cultural division between those parts of the country where gun ownership is routine and those parts of the country where guns are a scourge.
By contrast, LaPierre has the least power on the issue of non-dealer gun show background checks. And that is why Leahy began his questioning there. And why LaPierre had so much trouble answering the question.
Additional reporting by Katy Steinmetz.


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We are now into our third/fourth week of MoP and I'm still not entirely sure how I feel about things. The expansion is gorgeous, but I'm still a bit sad that I've been so busy doing "WoW Chores" that I've hardly had a minute to actually stop and smell the cherry blossoms.
Time Sinks
Let me start today's rant with time sinks.
There are…so many of them. But I think the ones that bother me the most are dailys and valor point grinding. I hate the fact that to be the best player I can be for my raid team I am condemning myself to things that I quite honestly despise doing. I absolutely loathe the fact that every night, to do my part, I have to log in and do my "chores" before I'm allowed to play. I hate that I have to fly out the Town Long Steppes and visit the Shado-Pan. I hate that I have to ferret out where the August Celestials need my help. And most of all I hate that these miserable things take up time in game that I could use to do things I actually want to be doing. I hate that I feel compelled to grind out reputation in a slow, arduous, and cumbersome process. I hate that I feel like I'm letting my team down if I don't do this every day.
I'm sure someone is going to read this, and feel the urge to comment "well, you don't have to do them". Sure, you are right. I don't have to do them. I also don't have to do the dishes in my house, or dust, or run the vacuum. But I'm doing myself (and a team I've committed to) a huge disservice if I don't. And you can't take that fact away, no matter how you look at it.
Which I suppose brings me to my next point: Valor Point accumulation at this juncture is just stupid. Did you know that you acquire more Valor Points right now from running Looking for Raid than you do actually raiding? I'm dead serious. How completely messed up is that? How do I earn more valor points for an hour of my time than I do for the effort I put in the other three nights a week that I raid? There is something inherently wrong with this fact.
The other thing that completely chaps my hide is that if I want to cap my valor points each week, I am required to spend more time outside of raids than I do in raids to do so. I know, I know – you don't have to cap your valor points, Beru. But sadly, that isn't a true statement until there isn't a single item left for me to purchase that would upgrade my gear, and subsequently my performance, even if it is by the tiniest margin. Until that time hits, I'm a slave to the Blizzard grind machine – and with each daily I feel my desire to continue playing and my resolve to push this grind out falling away. I become irritable, cranky and hate my time in game. And to me, that just seems…wrong from something that is supposed to be an enjoyable hobby. I'm seriously torn between wanting to do what is best for my team and wanting to do what is best for my sanity and enjoyment of the game. Both have negative results to the other, which means there is no win/win here.
I think that I can truthfully say that in my eight years of playing WoW this has been the least enjoyable gear grind for me and that speaks volumes. To know that I'd rather farm Night Dragon's Breath and Dreamfoil for hours to prepare for raids than deal with one more daily tells me that something has gone seriously wrong. (Why yes, I did just say that MoP is more grindy than Vanilla!).
Anyhow – hate dailys, hate VP. Moving on…
World Bosses
Where to start with this…
We currently have two world bosses. One on a 20ish minute spawn time, and one on a 2-3 day spawn time. Both are ridiculously easy, both have valuable loot – except that the one on the longer spawn time has more valuable loot at this juncture in the game. My complaint is with the latter boss.
The underlying problem with the current design of the second world boss is that it doesn't require a full raid to tag the boss, there are no repercussions for grave yard zerging the boss, and it requires little (or no) coordination to kill it. As such, the first person to tag the boss that has a tank, healer and a couple of DPS using bobbing birds while they are AFK will obtain the kill, provided that within the next few minutes a full raid can be organized. It isn't a test of skill under pressure, or any skill at all. It is simply who has more people online at the time and who can get to the boss faster. Once you tag it, if you are a half competent group, you will kill it. Which is a serious design flaw for a "unfair" world boss.
Galleon isn't like Azuregos, Kazzak, Doomwhatever or even the green dragons. With those bosses if you weren't prepared, with a full team, to pull the boss you wiped. If you didn't have the DPS, Healing or Tanking ability to handle the encounter, you wiped. If you didn't know what you were doing, or were sloppy, you wiped. This meant that you had to put more effort into the boss than simply tagging it first, and gave guilds who didn't get the tag a shot at the boss if the original group who pulled him failed to execute or pulled prematurely. But having a boss with an excellent loot table, where the only challenge is tagging it first and subsequently watching him shit out high iLevel loot for very little work, just seems wrong – both in concept and from a risk/reward factor. I don't know about you, but I certainly remember having to actually work for world boss kills every other expansion, and sitting around waiting and watching with bated breath to see if the group who beat us to the pull would wipe, allowing us a chance.
The way the spawn timer on the boss is designed, coupled with the ease of killing the boss, generally puts bi-coastal guilds and people who actually have to spend their days working (rather than playing WoW) at a fairly serious disadvantage for obtaining a kill (or even a tag). Which wouldn't be a huge deal, other than the fact that the boss holds gear at an iLevel that is greater than what is available normally via raiding at this juncture. The fact that the boss is on such a long respawn timer that it is very easy for a guild that has people at home all day to just keep the boss on lock down is hugely problematic.
Honestly, if this is the design, then the boss that is meant to be "competitive" should have a loot table that doesn't affect progression – or should at the very least be a challenge to kill so that simply getting the tag doesn't mean you are entitled to free loot. Toss some awesome mounts, pets, vanity items on the boss to still make it desirable to kill – but leave gear off of his loot table.
My feelings on world bosses segues well into my next thought:
I hate un-nessecary competition. It adds un-needed stress, takes a lot of fun out of the game, and shows a side of people that often times betrays your original opinions of them. I've stated some of my opinions on this many times when discussing how foolish I feel rankings are. Unfortunately, world bosses do not disappoint in the above, and often times highlight that gentleman's rules (like taking turns on world boss pulls…when actually having a strategy mattered) no longer exist.
I'm going to use a personal experience here, because my disappointment is personal.
The last time Galleon spawned on our server, we had someone right there the minute he spawned and rushed to get a raid formed and out there. We were the first people at the boss – but we made the egregious error of waiting for "more people" to get there before pulling. In a split second, we lost the tag to a guild on our server that has largely been keeping the boss locked down.
Now, as this happened, several members of my guild – who may, or may not, have more information than I have, took out their tinfoil hats and hypothesized that the reason this guild pulled the boss out from under us was because it is their intent to lock it down so that no one else on the server can have access to his loot. Knowing this guild, knowing several members of this guild, having helped this guild, I defended them. There is no way that they would do that just to prevent other people from having access to this loot, I said. They are good people, I said. People I consider friends, I said.
I was disappointed that my guild would believe that others are capable of such malicious thinking and would do something so…underhanded. Especially when the other party was a group of people I liked and wanted to see succeed.
But then I, personally, saw some things that lead me to believe that my guildmates were, in fact, correct in their theories. This other guild was no longer playing a gentleman's game. They really were keeping a world boss on lock down to prevent anyone else from killing it, and not only that they were being nasty and malicious about it. It became clear that their goal was to win, at any cost, regardless of anything else. And I was saddened. This was not the guild I remembered them to be – the founder of the guild, who was someone I considered a friend, would never have condoned such behavior. Things have clearly changed. And my disappointment shifted from my guildmates and grew as I realized that I had apparently misjudged this group of people. People that I had offered advice to when they asked. People that I stepped in and helped when they needed it. People that I thought I knew, and an environment I thought I remembered. How could I have been so wrong? So blind? Did they really change from the people I knew and respected, all because they wanted to prove themselves better in a game we aren't even playing?
And because of what? Some arbitrary number on a board?
Needless to say, my opinions have been betrayed, and I feel an overwhelming sadness and disappointment as a result. That a bunch of purple pixels on a screen and an arbitrary number can create people you struggle to recognize from those you greatly respected. And I won't lie; I also felt a bit of embarrassment that I could have been so naïve as to think that everyone plays by the same book of standards. I suppose it is an antiquated notion that no longer fits into this new world of success being judged simply by a number.
Danny Glover
You have probably been wondering what Danny Glover has to do with all of this.
You see, Lethal Weapon is one of my favorite movies. And as I've been bemoaning much of the above with a friend, we've been going back and forth jokingly using a line that Danny Glover states many times throughout the series: "I'm too old for this shit".
But even though we are mostly just joking, I couldn't help but wonder if there isn't a lot of truth to that. Am I the one that's outgrowing this new daily filled, cut throat world where success is more important than anything else? Am I the one that's changed? Are these new grievances simply because I've become old, cranky and stubborn? Are treating people with respect and being graceful concepts that are of a generation that is a minority in today's game?
I'm not really sure that I have answers for those questions, and I don't know if I ever will. But I do know that I am growing less tolerant of things that I disagree with daily. And I know that if there is a larger focus on what is rewarding and fun that my patience is likely going to tire out much faster.
Perhaps the simple answer is that I am getting too old for this shit. Right now all I have is my passion for the game, and if my passion every runs out, I think you'll likely find me quietly sleeping on an island in Nagrand.

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BIG PINE KEY, Fla. — Nearly 500 divers and snorkelers submerged in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary on Saturday for a "concert" beneath the sea broadcast by a local radio station.
The 30th annual Lower Keys Underwater Music Festival, held at Looe Key Reef along the continental United States' only living coral barrier reef, featured four hours of commercial-free music piped below the surface via a series of underwater speakers.
"We started this as an arts and cultural event 30 years ago (and) thought it would be a one-time thing," said event co-founder and coordinator Bill Becker. "It's the only place we know of where music is put underwater for divers, snorkelers and the marine life."
The water-themed playlist included such tunes as the Beatles' "Octopus's Garden" and the themes from Disney's "The Little Mermaid" and television's classic "Flipper." Participants described the music as clear and ethereal, with underwater visibility of about 50 feet.
Snorkeler Uli Clef from Munich, Germany, said he was particularly impressed with the vivid colors and tropical fish he saw underwater.
"I've seen colors from red to blue to white, and even the shades of the sun coming from the water line," Clef said when he surfaced. "All these colorful fishes — that's perfect."
Some divers were costumed and pretended to play quirky metal instruments sculpted by Florida Keys artist August Powers. As well as offering an unusual experience for dive and snorkel enthusiasts, the broadcast included diver awareness announcements promoting coral reef protection.
"We try to get divers to be aware of their impact on the coral reef so that they lessen that impact and this reef can be here for generations to come," said Becker.
The event was staged by radio station WWUS in partnership with the Lower Keys Chamber of Commerce.
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More parents shirking vaccine requirements in Massachusetts
More Massachusetts parents are saying vaccines conflict with their religious beliefs so their children do not have to get immunized before they enter school, according to state records.
Most children have to be immunized to go to school with exemptions very rare. Less than 1 percent of children in the state are allowed to forgo mandatory vaccines with exceptions allowed only for medical reasons, such as an allergy confirmed by a doctor, or religious objections.
Medical exemptions have fluctuated over the last decade, but religious exemptions have climbed steadily, more than doubling from 210 in the 1996-97 school year to 474 last school year, according to the state Department of Public Health.
WCVB-TV (Channel 5) reported the increase Sunday and raised questions about whether some parents claim to have religious objections when they actually have other concerns or philosophical problems with vaccines.
"Obviously there's no religious test to question it, but we trust people's basic honesty about what they're doing," said Dr. Alfred DeMaria, director of communicable disease control for the state health department.
Vaccinations have long divided medical professionals and parents concerned about side effects. MetroWest health care providers said yesterday not every person needs to be immunized - if most people are vaccinated, diseases still cannot spread easily - but most should get shots to maintain that level of protection. Today's vaccines also are very safe, they said.
But a Framingham mother who has two children with autism said parents should be able to opt out if they believe their child has had an adverse reaction to a past vaccine, or for other objections.
Philosophical exemptions are allowed in some other states.
A doctor might not agree that a child has had an adverse reaction to a vaccine, but "ultimately the parent has the responsibility for the child," said Marjorie Hansen, whose family has a federal claim pending that alleges mercury used in immunizations is linked to autism. "If the child is disabled, ultimately we are responsible for their lifetime."
Hansen said she doubts there would be a sharp enough increase in exemptions to cause public health concerns if philosophical exemptions were allowed.
Dr. Michael McKenzie, a Natick pediatrician, said the current number of exemptions is nothing to worry about. But he said he is concerned it is growing, and he would not want to see the state allow other ways to opt out.
"If everybody was to make that choice, then we would get to the point where we would not have the threshold that is needed for immunization to protect everybody," McKenzie said. "All of the diseases we take for granted as being gone would show up again."
McKenzie, along with DeMaria, also said there is little reliable evidence that modern vaccines can be harmful. "Vaccines are safer than virtually all over-the-counter medications you can buy in a pharmacy," DeMaria said.
There are valid reasons for exemptions, but overall, vaccinations provide "community immunity," said Rebecca Donham, a program officer at the MetroWest Community Health Care Foundation. For that reason, the foundation favors immunization, she said.
But she saw no way to tell if people who file religious exemptions are being honest.
"That's not something for Massachusetts lawmakers to look at," Donham said.
The MetroWest Autism Alliance urges parents to vaccinate their children, said director Nannette Ohman. But the group suggests waiting until children are a little older, spacing out immunization shots, and requesting single vaccine doses that do not contain thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative, she said.
DeMaria said he would not want to see other vaccine exemptions offered. "We like the law as it is," he said.
David Riley of The MetroWest Daily News (Framingham, Mass.) can be reached at 508-626-3919 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Emmys to honor Gandolfini, Monteith, 3 others
LOS ANGELES - The Emmy Awards will feature five special memorial tributes, including one to "Glee" star Cory Monteith, organizers said.
Monteith died in July at age 31 of a heroin and alcohol overdose. He will be remembered by the show's Jane Lynch.
In addition, Edie Falco will honor James Gandolfini, her co-star on "The Sopranos." Gandolfini died of a heart attack in June at age 51.
Other tributes during the Sunday event will see Rob Reiner honoring "All in the Family Star" Jean Stapleton; Robin Williams remembering his friend and mentor Jonathan Winters; and Michael J. Fox honoring "Family Ties" producer Gary David Goldberg.
The ceremony on CBS also will include the traditional "in memoriam" segment recognizing other industry members who have died.


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After Monday night's game vs. the San Diego Padres, Washington Nationals manager Davey Johnson was asked whether the already injury-riddled team was snakebitten after losing two catchers in just three days.
"There's been superstitions, to change our luck and do different kinds of things," he said. "Sacrifice a chicken or something. I mean, you know, I've heard it all."
What Johnson didn't know was that Hugh Kaufman was listening.
If you've watched the Nationals on TV, chances are you've seen Kaufman. The self-styled "Rubber Chicken Man" sits directly behind the Nationals dugout for almost every game, waving a red Curly W flag in one hand and a bright yellow rubber chicken in the other.
And at some point during the season, the chicken loses its head.
"The beginnings of the ritual Rubber Chicken Sacrifice started 7 years ago," says Kaufman. After a hot start to their inaugural season in 2005, the Nationals found themselves losers of 11 of 15 games in July.
Kaufman felt that the good energy had been sapped from the ball park — that the fans and the team had become "flat," "lame," "out of sync." So he got a rubber chicken and ritually sacrificed it at RFK Stadium.
With the bad Juju expunged, the mood seemed to improve, so Kaufman has repeated the ritual at least once a year ever since, starting each season with a new chicken, and decapitating it when it seems the Juju gods have turned on the team.
So when Davey Johnson called for the sacrifice, Hugh knew what he had to do. "I've probably sacrificed a dozen chickens in the last seven years," Kaufman says.
At high noon on Wednesday, Kaufman and some of his Facebook followers met at the gates to Nationals Park, and the deed was done.
"I think Davey has recognized the whole history of baseball Voodoo into the whole history of the sport, and so again has shown tremendous leadership for this squad."
Kaufman did his homework, following the orthodox Jewish tradition of Kaporos, in which chickens were ritually sacrificed before the Yom Kippur holiday. "This is an offshoot of that," Kaufman explained before pulling out his butcher knife. "That's where you transfer the sins to the animal, and so if there are any hidden sins in that Nats locker room, Cool Heat or something like that, that gets transferred to the chicken so when you take the head off, that gets rid of the bad Juju."
After spinning the chicken counterclockwise above his head, Kaufman asked me to hold the bird, and brandishing a Davey Johnson autographed baseball, finished the job.
Kaufman, an engineer and longtime administrator for the EPA, has built a following since those early days at RFK Stadium. Last season, he started passing out rubber chicken pins from his perch above the Nats dugout as a means of welcoming members to the "Secret Society of the Rubber Chicken," a group that now claims several Nationals players among its ranks (full disclosure: I am a long-time member as well).
At spring training this year, some members sported new Chicken Mode t-shirts as a fan counter-point to the "Beast Mode" shirt that's most closely associated with outfielder Michael Morse.
"Michael Morse loves his "Chicken Mode" shirt," says Kaufman, "even though he can't stop laughing every time he looks at it." Pitcher Gio Gonzalez is also a fan.
As for the chicken? It's not going anywhere. "The Juju gods have been appeased," says Kaufman. "No more injuries." And for the rest of the season you'll still find Hugh Kaufman right above the Nationals dugout, waving a red flag and a now-headless rubber chicken.
Update: DC Sports Bog's Dan Steinberg was there and filed this report for the Washington Post
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Country's notorious 'blasphemy' law used against innocent father, daughter.
LAHORE, Pakistan, December 16 (CDN) — A Christian in Faisalabad district and his 20-year-old daughter were released on Monday (Dec. 14) after 14 grueling months in jail on false charges of blaspheming the Quran.
Khalil Tahir, attorney for Gulsher Masih and his daughter Ashyana Gulsher (known as Sandal), said the case was typical of the way Pakistan's blasphemy laws can be used to harass innocent Christians.
"Christians are the soft targets, and most of the people implicated in these inhumane laws are Christians," Tahir said. "We Christians are fighting for the same, noble goal – to provide justice to the victims of blasphemy laws."
Masih said that inmates beat him at least five times since he was arrested on Oct. 23, 2008. His daughter was arrested two weeks earlier, on Oct. 10.
"These long 14 months seemed like ages," Masih told Compass. "There was one inmate, Ghulam Fareed, a rich man, who always harassed me, trying to coerce me to convert to Islam by saying he would make me rich and would send me abroad."
Fareed, who also promised high quality education for Masih's children, joined with Islamic extremists jailed for terrorist acts to beat him in an effort to force him to "come into the fold of Islam," Masih said. While in jail, he said, his wife told him that their daughter had been beaten several times by the superintendent of police.
Masih and his daughter were charged under Section 295-B of the Pakistan Penal Code for blaspheming the Quran. Before charges were filed in October 2008, Masih said an initial incident occurred on Aug. 25, when Ashyana Gulsher found some burned pages of the Quran in a garbage dump outside their community of Chak No. 57, Chak Jhumra in the district of Faisalabad.
Masih said she handed the charred pages to a woman, Lubana Taj, saying, "These are the holy page of your Quran and I found them in the garbage, so you take it."
There were still some pages left, which she gave to their neighbor, Khalida Rafiq, who burned them, he said.
"She had borrowed wheat from us a few weeks ago, and when my wife demanded it back, Khalida Rafiq said that we had burned pages of the Quran and was now accusing us of taking wheat," Masih said. "Some other women of the village also accused my children of making paper airplanes of the pages of the Quran."
The escalating conflict was defused with the help of other neighbors who knew the truth, he said, and local Muslim cleric Amam Hafiz Muhammad Ali also intervened, saying Masih's daughter had done a good deed and questioning why the neighbor women were repaying her with evil.
"We thought that the matter was buried, but it arose again on Oct. 7, 2008," Masih said. On that day 20-year-old Muhammad Qasim went throughout the village on bicycle exclaiming that Christians had burned the Quran, Masih said. Upon hearing this, village landlord Rana Sarwar called Masih and told him that his children had burned the Quran and had used pages to make paper airplanes.
"I told them that I was working in Asghar Christian Colony and never knew about the incident, and the son who had been accused of blasphemy had gone to school," Masih said.
His accusers were unmoved, he said.
"In the evening when I was returning home, I heard announcements from several mosques that Christians had burned the Quran," he said. "After hearing the announcement, people began pouring in. These announcements were made by Tariq son of Hafeez, Maqbool son of Hafeez and Maulana Tawaseel Bajwa."
When Masih called emergency police, they arrested him and sent him to the Jhumra police station, Faisalabad.
"The police asked me where my children were, and when I told them that the children were in the village, the police went back to arrest them," he said. "Rana Sarwar, Wajid Khan and Rana Naeem Khan came into the police station and argued that my children had blasphemed, so why was I the one being beaten? I told Rana Sarwar in front of the police that if my children have done this, then I was ready to bear consequences."
Police told them that the crowd outside wanted to hang him and that this was why they had arrested him. Masih said that the next day Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Yousuf Zai came and asked him why he had committed blasphemy.
"Rana Sarwar then told the DSP that it was all a political ploy, and that I had been implicated in the case for voting for the opposition party," he said. "If that day those Christian Members of Parliamentary Assembly had spoken up, then the police complaint wouldn't have been registered against me."
Masih added that the station house officer felt that he was innocent but had become legally entangled due to lack of support from the community. Masih said that the next day, Oct. 8, a few Muslims gave conflicting statements against him when charges were filed.
"One said he saw me burning the pages of the Quran at 10 a.m., the other said that he saw me burning the pages at 12 p.m. and still another said that he saw me burning the pages of the Quran at 2 p.m.," he said. "When I was sent in jail, the investigation office swore that I was innocent."
In a further contradiction, the complainants accused him of cutting up pages of the Quran and tossing them in the air, not burning them, Tahir said.
The complainant in the case was Mohammad Farooq Alam, and other prosecution witnesses named were Mohammad Maqbool Ahmad and Mohammad Akber, according to Tahir.
Masih said that initially he appeared before Judge Zulfikar Lon, but that whenever a judge asked for witnesses, he was transferred.
"In this manner eight months passed, and then Judge Raja Mohammad Ghazanfar came" and refused to be transferred, Masih said.
After Tahir's cross-examination of witnesses, Ghazanfar dropped all charges and ordered their release.
"During cross examination, I proved that the whole case was concocted, frivolous, fake and that the charges against the accused Christian brother were unfounded," Tahir said.
Tahir said that he had provided only legal assistance to the victims, with Johnson Michael, chairman of the Bishop John Joseph Shaheed Trust, providing paralegal assistance. An MPA in the Punjab Parliament, Tahir is the body's secretary for Human Rights and Minority Affairs and also serves as executive director of advocacy group Action Against Discriminatory Laws Trust Pakistan.
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The process of cooling materials to cryogenic temperatures is often expensive and messy. One successful method is laser cooling, where photons interact with the atoms in some way to dampen their motion. While laser cooling of gases has been standard procedure for many years, solids are another issue entirely. Success has only come with a few specially prepared materials.
Having a laser annihilate something isn't usually associated with chilling anything down. But a new experiment reduced the temperature of a semiconductor by about 40°C using a laser. Jun Zhang, Dehui Li, Renjie Chen, and Qihua Xiong exploited a particular type of electronic excitation: when the photons interacted with this excitation, they canceled it out, damping the thermal fluctuations in the material.
Laser cooling of gases transfers some of the kinetic energy of the atoms into photons they interact with. Successful laser cooling was achieved in glasses—solids without an ordered, coherent crystal structure—by embedding rare-earth atoms in the matrix. As with gases, the excitation of the rare-earth atoms produced the cooling. However, that method won't work for every solid.
For solids, the thermal motion of the atoms takes the form of phonons: vibrations moving through the material. Being quantum excitations, phonons behave like particles: they can collide and scatter. One way to optically cool solids, therefore, would be to "annihilate" the phonons with laser light.
The authors of the new study used cadmium sulphide (CdS), a material known as a group-II-VI semiconductor. Commonly used in digital electronics, semiconductors are insulators under normal conditions, but can be induced to conduct electricity when impurity atoms are added. Group-II-VI semiconductors host both strong phonons, and an additional type of particle-like excitation known as an exciton. Excitons are created through interactions between electrons and "holes" that the electrons left behind.
The researchers fabricated narrow strips of CdS, deposited on a substrate of silicon and silicon dioxide at room temperature. They used an optical-wavelength laser, tuned to the precise wavelength to interact with multiple modes of phonons in the semiconductor. This interaction acted resonantly, canceling the phonons out—which means the material cooled rapidly, exhibiting a nearly 40°C drop in temperature.
The phonons in this material depend on temperature, so if it was colder to begin with, the laser wavelength needed to be longer—corresponding to lower energy. The researchers tested this and, while the temperature drop was less (about 15°C), the cooling process was more efficient.
To make sure it was resonant interaction between phonons and photons, the researchers used different laser wavelengths, and found they heated the CdS instead. Since these excitation modes are present in all group-II-VI semiconductors, the cooling method could be applied to other materials as well. Whether other, more common semiconductor materials can be cooled in similar ways isn't clear, but this experiment is a big step in the direction of rapid refrigeration of solids.
Nature, 2013. DOI: 10.1038/nature11721 (About DOIs).


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When I think of my ancestors, the first name that comes to mind is James Harman. I don't know why. Maybe it's because if I was to a pick a leader of my ancestors, the boss or the chairperson, I think It would be James.
In the 15 years or so I have got to know my ggg grandfather, I have imagined him as organised, official and proud. He was a leader in the church and the farming community speaking up for what he believed. I can just imagine him standing before my other ancestors, organising and guiding them. Who would be his deputy? I would think either of James' brothers Jonathon or Walt who, in their own activities in the community, were of the same mould.
James was born in Melbourn, Cambridgeshire in 1830, the son of Joseph and Sarah Harman. He married Susan Reed of Whaddon on August 15, 1852 just two months later on October 20, 1852 they set sail aboard the Duke of Richmond bound for Portland, Victoria, Australia. They spent time in Port Fairy before settling at Byaduk in the early 1860s.
At Byaduk, James was involved with the church, served on the first committee of the Byaduk State School at the age of 81, and farming activities such as ploughing competitions and the Farmers Union.
James and Susan had 10 children from 1854 to 1875, five boys and five girls. Even that was orderly.
Reuben James Birth: 1854 in Port Fairy, Victoria Marriage: 1877 in Byaduk, Victoria to Elizabeth BISHOP Death: 05 Jan 1937 in Ballarat, Victoria.
Alfred Birth: 1856 in Portland, Victoria Marriage: 1883 to Louisa NEWMAN Death: 06 Nov 1922 in Byaduk, Victoria.
Isabella Birth: 1857 in Port Fairy, Victoria Marriage: 1885 to Stephen WARD Death: 02 Aug 1886 in Port Fairy, Victoria.
George Henry Birth: 1860 in Port Fairy, Victoria Death: 1861 in Hamilton, Victoria.
Julia Birth: 1861 in Muddy Creek, Victoria Marriage: 1882 to George HOLMES Death: 20 Dec 1896 in Casterton, Victoria.
Martha Birth: 1863 in Byaduk, Victoria Marriage: 08 Nov 1888 in Hamilton, Victoria to Frederick Charles HUGHES Death: 28 Dec 1960 in Hamilton, Victoria.
Henrietta Birth: 1866 in Byaduk, Victoria. Death: 1952 in Hamilton, Victoria.
Albert Birth: 1868 in Byaduk, Victoria Marriage: 1907 to Emma CARMICHAEL Death: 26 Nov 1927 in Byaduk, Victoria.
Alice Birth: 1871 in Byaduk, Victoria Marriage: Dec 1896 in Macarthur, Victoria to William James McLEAN Death: 21 Jun 1927 in Hamilton, Victoria.
George Birth: 1875 in Byaduk, Victoria Marriage: 1908 to Hilda May HILL Death: 25 Sep 1947 in Hamilton, Victoria.
It was reading James' Will, written in 1914, that really defined him for me. In great detail, he had carefully considered his beneficiaries and ensured that Susan and his spinster daughter Henrietta would be looked after once he was gone. It also offered information on James' property and farm related assets.
The first of James' last wishes was that his watch and chain be passed on to his grandson, Albert Lionel HARMAN, the eldest son of George HARMAN. Daughter Henrietta was to receive the furniture in the house and all household effects. She was also the beneficiary of James' poultry. He made provision for Henrietta to stay in the house with James' grandson Charles, only son of Isabella who died when Charles was a baby.
Farming implements, including a chaff cutter and a set of harrows, were left to son Alfred. He would also receive two horses and their harness, a number of sheep, and half of the grain and hay on the farm at the time of James' death. James had a contingency if there was no grain or hay on the property at the time of his death. If this was to happen, Alfred would receive £30 instead. There were conditions for Alfred however. He had to undertake to give his mother Susan 15 shillings a week and give £100 to each of his sisters, Martha and Alice within a year of his father's death.
Reuben and Albert shared in a large amount of James' land at Byaduk and Lake Gorrie, near Macarthur. The description of the property at Byaduk known as the "House Paddock" gives some idea of the out-buildings that existed but also James' methodical approach to such matters. It read:
"…commencing at the junction of the Hamilton to Byaduk main road with the Louth road running southerly along the said main road to the entrance gate thence Westerly along the wire fence to the corner of the stackyard and including the woolshed and barn thence Northerly along the wire fence to the Louth road thence along the Louth road easterly to the commencing point."
The partnership between James and Susan Harman was to come to a rapid close in 1916. On April 10, Susan passed away aged 86. Just over four months later on August 14, James himself died also aged 86. Together they had left England as newlyweds, settled themselves in Victoria before starting their large family. They had seen births, deaths, and marriages as their family extended, and together they witnessed the growth in the country they had arrived in over 60 years before.
It seems right they went so close together after 64 years of marriage. They were buried side by side at the Byaduk cemetery.
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This quilt is a gift for my new neighbors who are expecting a baby early February. (Although my neighbors are witness to many of my quilt photography antics outside, I am sure they are not familiar with my blogging persona). I am now quietly hoping it is a baby girl; perhaps I should have given the backing fabric more careful thought.
Monday, November 16, 2009
The Stashbuster
This quilt is a gift for my new neighbors who are expecting a baby early February. (Although my neighbors are witness to many of my quilt photography antics outside, I am sure they are not familiar with my blogging persona). I am now quietly hoping it is a baby girl; perhaps I should have given the backing fabric more careful thought.
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Your quilt is truly lovely. I have been known to give a baby quilt before the baby was born if it turned out a little too pink!!ReplyDelete
I'd think this a very satisfying quilt to make and worth the bit of fiddling. Great job!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousNovember 16, 2009 11:02 AM
Love it! I especially like the quilting you did along the outside edges.ReplyDelete
Just love the finished result!! Beautiful!! They will love it for sure, how can they not like it!!ReplyDelete
Love it. Just gorgeous.ReplyDelete
Too funny that you don't know what they are having....so what....I'm sure they will love it and how fun will it be to use for a playmat!!ReplyDelete
Or......you could make another one and send that one to me!;)
- AnonymousNovember 16, 2009 11:31 AM
Actually I think the backing looks more purple.....so purple and green - perfect for either sex!ReplyDelete
Beautiful quilt, as always!
I really don't think they will be any complaints! It's fabulous as usual. Love all the very bright pretty fabrics you have used. What a lucky baby!ReplyDelete
Boy or girl~ it doesn't matter!! The quilt is gorgeous and they are going to love it!! Well done!ReplyDelete
Beautiful quilt and lucky neighbors!!ReplyDelete
What a beautiful gift! Truly lucky baby and parents.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 16, 2009 12:33 PM
What lucky neighbors! They will LOVE it!ReplyDelete
It's gorgeous.ReplyDelete
That is so great! I may have to try it myself!ReplyDelete
And I love the border. I was assembling scraps for a small coin quilt, but now I think I will save them for a border.
Thanks for the great ideas!
Such lucky neighbours.ReplyDelete
And, if I know you, if they do have a little boy, you'll whip up an alternate version anyway.
Lovely as always.
Andi :-)
I may have to move, I want you as a neighbor!!!!! What a great gift.ReplyDelete
Let me know if your neighbours ever move! I am certain, whether boy or girl they will love the quilt.ReplyDelete
I love that pattern! What a great use of scraps - yours is very striking!ReplyDelete
Is this not a cool way to get rid of all those bits and pieces!! Good job.ReplyDelete
Wow, giving this one away?? I wouldn't be able to! I love how well the backing goes with the binding, it's not what I would have expected the reverse to look like. I think you gave it just enough thought!ReplyDelete
Looking at this quilt makes me feel so unproductive.
Thank you so much for sharing - it's beautiful. A delightful gift for the new baby.ReplyDelete
I just love your quilt. Material Obsessions II is now on my Christmas list. Beautiful - thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
Wow it's just so gorgeous I had to say that here as well as on Flickr! Lucky neighbours!ReplyDelete
Your quilt is beautiful...I LOVE the vivid colors and the wonderful scrappiness.ReplyDelete
This is the first time for me to visit your blog...I'm glad that I found it!
Happy everything,
That's really a stunner! I'm a kaleidoscope addict (I have one in my blog header), I love all the variations. I've only been "hooked" since Spring, I look forward to trying this version!ReplyDelete
The quilt looks beautiful. Your neighbours are very lucky indeed.ReplyDelete
Wow, it looks so great. Sad, that I don't have such coloured materials. but I will do one like this too.ReplyDelete
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Gorgeous! I love the backing fabric.ReplyDelete
Oh. My. Gosh. That quilt is gorgeous! You're AMAZING! I love the colors you've chosen -- so pretty and happy. Thanks for the inspiration!!!ReplyDelete
BEAUTIFUL!!!! It's been way to long since I've commented!ReplyDelete
Hi Miss DownUnder...a friend posted my quilt for me here...ReplyDelete
...so I could keep it a secret from my sister....I linked your quilt so they could see where I got my wonderful inspiration!:)
Thanks again!
Love it! Lucky lucky baby!ReplyDelete
Just stunning! I can't wait to get my hands on that book! I may have to make one of these before then, though!ReplyDelete
It's absolutely gorgeous! If it's a stash-buster, it says a lot about your fabulous stash! :)ReplyDelete
What a wonderful job. It's funny how your quilts always turn out like they're yours. Amazing, it's obviously the fabrics that you're drawn to....they become you! :-)ReplyDelete
I can't believe you are giving it away! :) You are very generous. I don't think I could part with a quilt that awesome.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 17, 2009 9:48 PM
You have very lucky neighbours - it is divine! Nice to meet you quickly on the weekend.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 17, 2009 9:48 PM
You have very lucky neighbours - it is divine! Nice to meet you quickly on the weekend.ReplyDelete
Have you seen the great quilts Noriko Endo makes with the teeniest tiniest scraps? Are you thinking of trying somnething like this with yours?ReplyDelete
amazingly beautifulReplyDelete
beautiful quilt!! i love the color variety!ReplyDelete
I love your quilts. This is my favorite. Your colors are always so bright and beautiful.ReplyDelete
I absolutely love it! What lucky neighbors you have!ReplyDelete
That is divine! i wish I could get all my corners and points to line up as neatly as you!ReplyDelete
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Human injustice cannot abide the truth, cannot endure when the truth is widely known and willingly embraced. To establish itself in a society, injustice needs falsehood, deception and willful or innocent ignorance.
We've seen those principles at work time and again — in the fabricated news that the Russian Communists published in Pravda, in the Soviet Potemkin villages, in the old claims of apartheid propagandists that South Africa was all but uninhabited prior to the arrival of European colonists, in the racist justifications and rationalizations for chattel slavery and segregation in the U.S., and in the Nazis' demented joke, "Arbeit macht frei," that hung over the gates of Auschwitz and other death camps.
The same dynamic has been observed in the movement in support of the legal killing of unborn children. In the campaign to legalize abortion, deception and mendacity were chief weapons, as was explained by the late Dr. Bernard Nathanson, a leader in the fight for legal abortion who later repented of his former crimes.
In his essay, "Confession of an Ex-Abortionist," Nathanson recalled the tactics of the pro-abortion movement prior to 1973. "Knowing that if a true poll were taken, we would be soundly defeated," Nathanson wrote, "we simply fabricated the results of fictional polls. We announced to the media that we had taken polls and that 60 percent of Americans were in favour of permissive abortion. This is the tactic of the self-fulfilling lie. Few people care to be in the minority."
They also faked the number of illegal abortions in the U.S. "The actual figure was approaching 100,000 but the figure we gave to the media repeatedly was 1,000,000. Repeating the big lie often enough convinces the public. The number of women dying from illegal abortions was around 200-250 annually. The figure we constantly fed to the media was 10,000.
"These false figures," Nathanson explained, "took root in the consciousness of Americans convincing many that we needed to crack the abortion law."
Big Abortion still relies on many of the same untruths that the pro-abortion movement has been spreading for decades. Two examples of persistent pro-abortion myths, as Justin Dyer recently explained in National Review, are that "abortion was a common-law liberty at the time of the American founding," and that "the primary purpose of anti-abortion laws in the 19th century was to protect women rather than the lives of unborn children."
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Cindy, who has PH, and John, her caregiver, have been married 36 years.
Few couples stop to consider the implications of the words, "in sickness and in health," but a diagnosis with pulmonary hypertension quickly calls this marriage vow to action. Whether you're young newlyweds or settled into retirement, when a partner is diagnosed with PH, it's common to encounter difficult feelings, fears and challenges. There's no way to plan for a diagnosis with PH, for the hospital visits, complex treatments, shifting priorities or uncertain future. PH is a "whole life" condition that can bring major changes to household finances, family roles and responsibilities, and daily life. In short, if your partner is living with PH, then so are you.
Many couples find themselves putting their relationships on the back-burner to make room for the new tasks and commitments that PH introduces to daily life. As a caregiver to someone living with PH, it's likely you've taken on a host of new and unfamiliar responsibilities. When their partners are diagnosed, many caregivers rise to the occasion, attending doctors' appointments, learning everything they can about PH, and ordering medications. Some find themselves taking on chores and roles that once fell to their partner. From paying the bills to housework to childcare, caregiving can often feel like two or three fulltime jobs. With everything there is to do, it can be difficult to find time to focus on the fun side of being in a loving relationship. Early on, "date night" may come to mean an evening mixing medications; the "rainy day adventure fund" may be redirected to cover medical bills; and the only "romantic getaways" may be trips to specialty medical centers. Shifting priorities and demanding schedules can take a serious toll on both emotional and physical intimacy.
Time isn't the only challenge couples living with PH face. When two partners who once operated relatively autonomously begin to rely on each other in new ways, it's common to experience major shifts in your marriage or partnership. Depending on the severity of your partner's PH, you may be called upon to support your loved one financially, physically and emotionally. Many caregivers find that taking on all these new roles can throw off the delicate balance that once kept their relationship afloat. It can be difficult to adjust to new relationship dynamics, particularly if you have yet to give up hope that life will return to the way it was before PH. Many couples find themselves moving in and out of denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance as they grieve for the relationship they've lost. These responses to loss and change can begin to feel like very real parts of your current relationship. You and your partner may grieve at different paces, putting your relationship to yet another test of endurance.
Working on a relationship while dealing with PH and managing a household is not easy. It's likely that both you and your partner are dealing with emotions that are difficult to talk about openly and honestly. Some caregivers feel guilty that they aren't sick. Others have so much on their plates that they feel overwhelmed, ashamed, or even resentful. Your partner is likely experiencing difficult emotions too, which may make it more difficult to communicate your own feelings and concerns. The caregiver is often called upon to be the voice of reason, the "rock," the constant, and the receptacle of their partner's sadness, pain and fear. While you may have leaned on your life partner for support before PH, it's common to want to protect your partner now that he or she is sick. Yet trying to handle everything on your own can lead to isolation, dissatisfaction and blame. The tendency to hold back can affect both the caregiver, who has lost a primary source of support, and the patient, who may miss feeling relied upon and being perceived as strong and independent. Trying to protect your partner from difficult topics can sometimes backfire, leaving him or her feeling dependent or isolated. One patient asserted, "Just because I have PH, doesn't mean that I can't think. Sometimes I think my wife believes PH has affected my brain … actually, my brain is the healthiest part of me now, and I really want to be asked to use it."
All of these feelings and challenges are normal, but over time, without attention and effort, they can take a toll on even the most loving and devoted relationships. By taking the time to acknowledge and talk about the challenges you're both up against, you can begin to work on your relationship so you and your partner can face this journey as a team.
Adapting and Moving Forward
We've all heard the advice: "You can't take care of anyone until you take care of yourself." But is it really possible to devote time to yourself and your relationship when your partner's illness requires so much daily attention? The answer is yes, but it's not easy. Read on for some suggestions for prioritizing your relationship in an already hectic life.
Review. Talk about your needs, your partner's needs, and your relationship. It might feel most natural to begin by talking about what your partner is looking for from you as a caregiver. Listen openly and without judgment to what your partner has to say, and be prepared to step back in certain areas if you're asked to do so. One caregiver told us, "I found out from my wife that I was taking away her independence. I didn't realize I was [doing that] … I was [simply] very concerned for her." Also discuss your needs, and the ways in which your loved one can better support you. Even couples who have been living with PH for years can make changes. Your roles will likely evolve over time. Use changes — especially good changes, like stability on a therapy regimen or reaching a milestone — to prompt discussion of how you are working together and what you need from each other in your roles. Prepare for emotion — both yours and your partner's — and recognize that emotional vulnerability is both normal and the foundation of empathy, change and healing.
Reflect. Take an inventory of the things that you loved and admired about your partner and relationship before PH. While you may not think about this list as much as you did when you first fell in love, reflecting on the things you see in your partner can remind you of why your relationship is worth your time and attention. Think about the things you enjoyed doing together as a couple before your partner was diagnosed. Which of those activities do you still make time for? Consider the factors that led you to give some of these activities up. Your loved one's physical limitations? Lack of time? Simply acknowledging the ways in which things have changed is an important first step towards accommodating those changes in your relationship.
Innovate. If you're unable to do all the things you enjoyed prior to your partner's diagnosis, work with your loved one to find new ways of spending time together. Take the core characteristics of your shared interests and work on integrating new fun and feel-good activities into your routine. Think about hobbies you haven't tried in the past because you were too busy with other activities. Re-create special memories with an updated twist.
Take breaks. It's a good idea for both you and your partner to rely on people outside of your relationship for some of your support. If your partner occasionally asks a friend or family member to accompany him or her to a doctor's appointment, try not to take it personally. Going outside of the relationship for connection and help doesn't mean that your loved one doesn't appreciate everything you do. Take these opportunities to catch up on the news, read a book, or do something creative. If these opportunities don't present themselves naturally, seek them out by asking a close friend to help out with an item on your to-do list while you take some time for yourself. Taking a break from your partner does not make you insensitive or less devoted. Think about life before PH. Chances are good that you didn't spend every moment together. The most loving partners spend time apart so they have stories to share at the end of the day.
Schedule. Taking time for yourself as a PH caregiver isn't always easy, but it is important. Find time (even just an hour a week) to do something you enjoy, without your partner, and have your partner do the same. Formally scheduling independent activities into your routine ensures that you'll get the alone time you need, without the guilt you might otherwise feel doing something fun without your partner. Go for a run, spend time with friends, or take a class. Activities that involve physical activity and socializing can keep you feeling energized, both physically and mentally.
Explore. If you and your partner have struggled to reestablish physical intimacy, there are steps you can take to begin to overcome many of your fears in this area. Begin by talking to your partner's PH medical team, who may be able to offer specific recommendations and assurances. Some couples find that they're able to reintroduce physical intimacy relatively quickly after the patient is on medication and in stable health. But even if physical acts need to be mellowed or altered, they are generally still possible. Talk to your partner's doctor about positional changes to accommodate for medical devices or pain. Over the long run, it's also useful to broaden your definition of intimacy. Gentle touch, massage, verbal and non-verbal expressions of love, foot rubs, laughing, sharing memories, watching intimate movies, and simple physical closeness can be welcome substitutes when other types of physical intimacy aren't possible.
Share. Open communication is critical to a healthy relationship. Even on busy days, make an effort to stay conscious of your mood, as well as your partner's. Talk about small problems and gaps in communication as they come up. You might also consider scheduling times to touch base about how you're both feeling. Many of us wait for a crisis or argument to talk about what's working or, more often, not working in a relationship. But putting check-ins on the calendar will give you the chance to talk when you're not worked up, when you and your partner are both more likely to listen and respond with a clear mind. Getting in the habit of listening and sharing in your everyday life will also help you communicate more effectively when you do argue.
Get support. Find people to talk to about PH and caregiving, as well as about your "non-PH" life. Participate in support groups with your partner to understand his or her experiences from a new vantage point. Get involved in caregiver groups so you have a safe, confidential place to share your story and vent frustrations with people who can relate (see Additional Resources). One caregiver credited the support she received from others in the PH community as a critical factor in helping her reach a place of acceptance: "My way to battle my denial was to join PHA and become a part of the community." If you feel overwhelmed, burnt out, or depressed, you might also consider speaking to a therapist, physician, or clergy member. Being honest with yourself when you need help and reaching out to get it can only make you stronger.
Accept. Acknowledge to yourself that you will never be perfect in every role. Reflect on your expectations for yourself and for your relationship. Make an effort to honestly assess how important each expectation is to your happiness. Prioritize them and get rid of expectations that are unnecessary, redundant or unrealistic. Then make a plan for meeting those that remain. Recognize there are factors outside of your control (like PH), and try to focus, instead, on taking charge of how you respond to new challenges as they present themselves.
Thrive. Many couples find that once they've adapted to new roles and expectations, PH actually brings them closer. They're reminded of the qualities that attracted them to their mates in the first place, and they discover new traits (like resiliency, courage and faith) that help them reconnect. One caregiver said of his wife, "She is a fighter. I have learned to trust in her." Another caregiver told us, "For sickness and health, better or worse, we have each other and are stronger for it. We take care of each other and battle PH every day, trying always to make the best of it we can." With patience and commitment, your relationship will continue to change and grow. Over time, it will become easier to see yourself as not just a caregiver, but as an advocate, partner and friend.
Additional Resources
Information from PHA
- Maintaining Healthy Relationships, an article for PH patients with helpful tips on communicating, intimacy and independence
- Other resources for PH caregivers
Books and Web Links
- Family Caregiver Alliance
- "Building Better Relationships," from Texas Woman's University
- When Someone You Love Has a Chronic Illness: Hope and Help for Those Providing Support, T.M. Greenberg (Cedar Fort, Inc., 2012)
Support Resources
- Email a caregiver mentor
- Connect with other caregivers by telephone or online
- Attend a local support group
PHA is grateful to Allyson Rupp, LCSW, of the Vera Moulton Wall Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease at Stanford Hospital and Clinics for her contributions and review, and to all the caregivers who shared their experiences to make this resource possible. PH medical review by Mike Hayes, RN, BSN, CCRN, Pulmonary Clinical Nurse Coordinator at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah.
To review Conflict of Interest Disclosures for PHA's medical leadership, visit: Disclosures
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Snowmobiler Caleb Moore Dies From Injuries in X Games Crash
Snowmobiler Caleb Moore died Thursday as a result of injuries he suffered in a crash in the X Games one week ago, USA Today reports. He was 25.
Moore's death occurred Thursday morning at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction, Colo., according to family spokeswoman Chelsea Lawson. The family declined to release any other details of his injuries.
Moore suffered a concussion during the snowmobile freestyle final - in which riders navigate their snowmobiles over a series of jumps in 75 seconds - in Aspen on Jan. 24. He had attempted a backflip late in his run, but under-rotated his sled and did not get it far enough down the landing ramp. He was subsequently knocked off the mobile, and the skis of the sled landed on him as he slid down the ramp.
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Moore was found to have bleeding on his heart and was airlifted to St. Mary's, where he underwent emergency surgery on Friday. On Sunday, a family spokeswoman announced he had suffered a "brain complication." He was in critical condition on Wednesday.
Moore's death is the first in the Winter X Games, which completed its 17th edition last week. "We are deeply saddened by Caleb Moore's passing and our thoughts and prayers go out to his parents, Wade and Michelle, his brother, Colten, and the entire Moore family," ESPN said in a statement released Thursday. "He will be remembered for his natural passion for life and his deep love for his family and friends, and he will always be an inspiration to everyone he touched in the action sports community."
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ESPN said it will conduct a thorough review of the sport, as well as work closely on safety issues with athletes and other experts. "Still, when the world's best compete at the highest level in any sport, risks remain," the statement said. "Caleb was a four-time X Games medalist attempting a move he has landed several times previously."
Moore and his younger brother, Colten, began competiting on snowmobiles four years ago after racing ATVs for years prior. They entered their first X Games in 2010, during which Caleb took bronze in the freestyle competition. He won bronze again the next year, and silver for best trick. He won the bronze in the freestyle again in 2012, and Colten won gold. Colten also crashed during the freestyle competition, separating his pelvis.
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UPDATED: Evicted dog shelter operator seeks help
YREKA – Charlot McClendon, the operator of the independent dog shelter Dexter's Rescue Remedy, is being evicted from her Horse Creek property and 30 dogs in her care may soon be without shelter. She has until Friday to vacate the land.
"We need foster homes for the dogs," said McClendon. "It could be as short as two weeks or as long as a month. Once we get settled, we can take the dogs back."
After receiving an eviction notice, McClendon planned to purchase a piece of property on Greenhorn Road in Yreka for the shelter, but she stated Monday that due to the property's terrain, she must find an alternative location.
McClendon is seeking foster homes for 30 dogs – most of whom are hounds and hound mixes. Three of them are Chihuahuas. She noted that 20 of the dogs would be suitable for foster homes that already house dogs while a few would have to be the only animal in the home. The skittish and special needs dogs will remain with McClendon during the transition.
McClendon's sister Robin, who assists at the shelter, noted that all the dogs are spayed and neutered and up to date on vaccinations.
As Dexter's Rescue Remedy volunteers work to establish foster homes and attempt to place some of the dogs with other rescue operations, they are seeking to temporarily borrow a five- to ten-acre plot of land that they can use to house the animals until a permanent arrangement can be made. The volunteers are also seeking chain link fence panels.
McClendon will hold an adoption event at Petsmart in Medford, Ore. this month in an attempt to find permanent homes for some of the dogs. She noted that adoption fees run between $150 and $250, and those fees along with donations fund her organization.
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The US government "has agreed to destroy all data" Homeland Security agents obtained in a border search of a Bradley Manning supporter, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced yesterday.
The settlement (PDF) arises from a November 2010 search of David House when he was reentering the US after a vacation. House is a "human rights activist" who was working with an organization raising money for the legal defense of Manning, a US soldier who admitted to leaking documents to WikiLeaks, the ACLU said.
"Department of Homeland Security agents stopped House at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago and questioned him about his political activities and beliefs," the ACLU said. "They then confiscated his laptop, camera, and USB drive, which contained information identifying members and supporters of the Bradley Manning Support Network. The government copied House's cell phone at the airport and held his laptop and other devices for 49 days. The data taken from House's materials was then turned over to the US Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID), which concluded that it would not use the information."
House sued the federal government with the assistance of the ACLU. He said the seizure put the personally identifying information of Manning's financial contributors at risk. Last year, a federal judge denied the government's motion to dismiss the case.
The settlement between House and the Department of Justice contains no admission of wrongdoing. "Nothing in this Agreement or the affidavit affects the authority or discretion of the Defendants to engage in any screening, inspection, search, detention, or seizure on any basis whatsoever, and Mr. House may continue to be subject to lawful searches and inspections," the settlement states.
The document thus imposes no limitations on future searches. But the ACLU counts it as a victory for Fourth Amendment rights. "The government's sweeping claim that it can search through our electronics at the border for any reason or no reason at all is flatly contradicted by the Fourth Amendment, which protects us from unreasonable searches and seizures," ACLU Staff Attorney Catherine Crump said in the organization's announcement. "The tremendous amount of personal and business information that we can now easily carry around with us means that respecting the Fourth Amendment in all places—including the border—is more important than ever."
Figures cited by the ACLU when it began aiding House indicate that in 2009, border searches resulted in 2,204 searches of digital media, 105 people being detained without any stated grounds for reasonable suspicion, and the seizures of 115 devices.
Besides destroying all copies of data obtained from House's devices, "[t]he government will also hand over numerous documents, including reports describing Army CID's inspection of House's data as well as the DHS 'Lookout' telling agents to stop House as he entered the country," the ACLU said. "The government further agreed to release reports on DHS agents' questioning of House, which included inquiries about whether he knew anything about Manning giving classified information to WikiLeaks."
House is also a computer vision researcher and former information economics systems developer at MIT. House called the settlement "a victory through vital action not only for the citizens put at risk, but also for anyone who believes that Americans should be free to support political causes without fearing retaliation from Washington."


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On July 17, 1996, TWA Flight 800 took off from John F. Kennedy Airport en route to Rome via Paris and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean over Long Island en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWA_Flight_800. All 230 passengers and crew members on board died in the disaster, which the National Transportation Safety Board concluded had probably resulted from a fuel tank explosion caused by faulty wiring.
Mary Jo Salter remembers the tragedy in "TWA 800," collected in her Open Shutters and A Phone Call to the Future. In this brief poem Salter recalls that, months after the accident, friends of hers in France got a postcard from her that had ended up on the flight. "Sea-soaked but intact," the card was fully legible: "Shipped in a padded bag, with a letter / from the U.S. Postal Service ('apologies / for any inconvenience caused / by the accident')."
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